Thanksgiving Scripture - Nov 13

Annual Bible Reading Plan:

EZK.37
JHN.12

2024 Thanksgiving Month Day 13:
Give Thanks for the “Clean Heart” and “Steadfast Spirit” God Gives Us (Psalm 51:10-15)
(Memorize verses 10-12)
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11 Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me by Your generous Spirit.
13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners shall be converted to You.
14 Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, The God of my salvation, And my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness.
15 O Lord, open my lips, And my mouth shall show forth Your praise.

Reflection:
Today we continue to meditate on Psalm 51, David's famous penitential psalm. After pleading for God’s forgiveness and cleansing from his sins with a sorrowful and repentant heart, he begins to ask God to create in him a “clean heart” and to renew a steadfast spirit within him, so that he does not lose the presence of the Holy Spirit. This shows us how deeply David understood the corruption of his old nature and his inability to overcome sin, as well as how much he valued God’s presence and the work of the Holy Spirit in his life! Thank the Lord, because of the salvation accomplished through the death and resurrection of Christ Jesus on the cross, you and I, under the New Covenant, have received a new life—a new creation—from Christ by faith, possessing the “clean heart” and “upright spirit” that David desired. Moreover, the name of the Lord Jesus is “Immanuel,” ensuring that we will never lose God’s presence, as our bodies have become the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19). For this reason, let us cherish and thank God for the new life He has given us and His eternal presence with us throughout our earthly lives. Just as the hymn "The Power Is in the Blood" expresses, “No more sin stains, just life flows,” when we live out the new creation life in Christ, we will surely experience the victory of being “without sin stains” that David longed for!



年度讀經計畫

結37
約12

2024感恩月Day 13：
為 神賜給我們「清潔的心」和「正直的靈」感恩（詩篇51:10-15)
(背誦10-12節)
10 神啊，求你為我造清潔的心，使我裡面重新有正直的靈。
11 不要丟棄我，使我離開你的面，不要從我收回你的聖靈。
12 求你使我仍得救恩之樂，賜我樂意的靈扶持我。
13 我就把你的道指教有過犯的人，罪人必歸順你。
14 神啊，你是拯救我的神，求你救我脫離流人血的罪，我的舌頭就高聲歌唱你的公義。
15 主啊，求你使我嘴唇張開，我的口便傳揚讚美你的話。

【心得分享】今天我們繼續思想詩篇51篇，這首大衛著名的悔改詩。在以憂傷痛悔的心求 神赦免和潔淨自己的罪與過犯之後，他開始求 神為他造「清潔的心」，使他裡面「重新有正直的靈」，也讓他不失去聖靈的同在。這讓我們看到大衛對舊造生命的敗壞與在勝罪上的無能為力有多麼深刻的看見，並且他多麼看重 神的同在與聖靈在自己身上的工作！感謝主，因著基督耶穌以十字架的死與復活所成就的救恩，新約之下的你我都因信就得著了從基督來的重生的生命—新造的生命，有著大衛所求的「清潔的心」和「正直的靈」的生命。並且，主耶穌的名字就是「以馬內利」，讓我們永遠不失去 神的同在，我們的身體也成為聖靈內住的居所（林前6:19）。為此，就讓我們都用自己在世的一生來寶貝和感謝 神賜給我們的新造的生命和祂永遠與我們的同在。正如聖徒詩歌《權能是在血》中的一句歌詞所述「再無罪跡正當生命湧流」，當我們在基督裡活出新造生命的湧流時，我們就一定能經歷大衛所嚮往的「再無罪跡」的得勝！